CA: 2013 Chickenpox cases

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Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/30/tp-six-chickenpox-cases-at-carlsbad-elementary/


SIX CHICKENPOX CASES AT CARLSBAD ELEMENTARY
By Edward Sifuentes12:01 a.m.May 30, 2013Updated5:57 p.m.May 29, 2013


CARLSBAD ? Six people, including five children, have been diagnosed with chickenpox at Aviara Oaks Elementary School in Carlsbad, county health officials said Wednesday afternoon.

No one has been hospitalized in the outbreak, said Tom Christensen, a spokesman for the county. But he said the outbreak serves as a reminder for parents to get their children vaccinated.

The Carlsbad children diagnosed with the illness are two 5-year-olds and three 6-year-olds, according to San Diego County Health and Human Services officials. Only one had received the two recommended doses of the varicella vaccine, officials said...

 

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Re: CA: 2013 Chickenpox cases

Source: http://oceanside-camppendleton.patc...een-exposed-to-chicken-pox-at-county-facility

Locals May Have Been Exposed to Chicken Pox at County Facility

County Health officials warn that a person infected with Chicken Pox may have exposed several others at the North Coastal Family Resource Center in Oceanside.
Posted by Gina Tenorio (Editor) , December 04, 2013 at 11:16 AM
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...People who were in the waiting room of the facility at 1315 Union Plaza Court between 2 and 3:30 p.m. Monday may have been exposed, according to the HHSA. No information about the ill person was released...